Video of Weber State’s half-court shot to beat UNC

Northern Colorado looked on its way to an eighth-consecutive Big Sky Conference win Saturday night when Devon Beitzel hit two free throws to put the Bears up 71-69 on Weber State with 2.4 seconds to play. Then Scott Bamforth hit a contested shot from near halfcourt to stun UNC and lift Weber State, 72-71.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.